Global AI4Science Hackathon 2026 (CityUHK × SciencePal)
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About this hackathon
A global AI-for-science hackathon co-launched by City University of Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Institute of AI for Science and a CIPS health/bioinformatics committee. Teams of 1–3 pick a real research problem in biology, healthcare, materials or research agents and build a runnable agent, tool or workflow, using SciencePal for at least one core step. Open worldwide to students, researchers and developers aged 18+. Registration closed Oct 24 and submissions Oct 31 (UTC+8); the in-person final is planned at CityUHK in late November. Prizes total HKD 84,000.
- Status
- Deadline
- 2026-10-31
- Starts
- 2026-09-24
- Who
- Open to all (Students, grad students, young researchers and developers worldwide, any school or nationality; 18+ at the registration deadline; teams of 1–3, solo allowed)
- Level
- Intermediate
- Prize
- HK$84k · HKD 84,000 in total: 1st HKD 30,000 (1 team), 2nd HKD 15,000 each (2 teams), 3rd HKD 8,000 each (3 teams); plus PhD-application, mentor and Tencent internship referrals
- Size
- —
- Format
- Hybrid · Hong Kong · International
- Location
- Hong Kong
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Original listing (Chinese)
The full original listing below is in Chinese, as published in the Hack123 newsletter.
一句话简介：香港城市大学、香港人工智能与科学研究院联合发起的全球 AI4Science 黑客松，从真实科研问题出发，用 SciencePal 做出能跑的科研 Agent 或工作流。
看点：半开放命题，重点方向是 AI + 生物、AI + 医疗、AI + 材料和科研 Agent；至少一个核心环节要实质使用 SciencePal，只拿来写文案、做 PPT 不算；要交可运行链接、3—5 分钟演示视频和 5 页以内说明；评委有港城大马维英等教授；线上初评后到港城大线下决赛
奖金：总奖金 8.4 万港元，一等奖 3 万港元；另有博士申请、导师合作、腾讯实习推荐等对接机会
截止日期：2026年10月31日 23:59（作品提交截止，香港时间；报名已于 10 月 24 日截止）（线上初赛 + 香港决赛）
活动日期：2026年9月24日开放报名；11月第一周初评；11月下旬香港城市大学线下决赛（具体日期待通知）
Summarized from the organizer’s page and public posts. Please confirm details on the official site before registering.